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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on January 16, 2017, 03:14:11 pm
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Spain's Felipe meets Saudi king amid discussions of warship sale
Contract is not certainty as Saudi Arabia cuts spending amid falling oil prices that mean drop in revenue
Spain's King Felipe VI met on Sunday with Saudi King Salman, official media said, during a visit coinciding with talks to sell Spanish warships.
Felipe, 48, was guest of honour at a lunch hosted by Salman, 81, who decorated him with the cordon of King Abdul Aziz, the highest Saudi honour for a foreigner, the Saudi Press Agency said.
Later they discussed relations between the two nations and how to further develop them "in various fields," it said.
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